Sdg&e seeking $100m in federal funds to advance wildfire safety efforts in high fire threat district

Federal funds would support the strategic undergrounding and overhead hardening of power lines around tribal lands san diego , april 7, 2023 /prnewswire/ -- as part of its commitment to reduce the impact of infrastructure costs on electric rates, this week, san diego gas & electric (sdg&e) submitted an application to the united states department of energy (doe) seeking up to $100 million in federal funds through the grid resilience and innovation partnerships grant program, which is part of the federal infrastructure investment and jobs act (iija). if awarded, the grant would help offset the costs of wildfire hardening efforts on and around federally recognized tribal nations' land within sdg&e's service territory.
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